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This year I have been working on lots of new ideas. I now teach private and corporate team building workshops in solarplate etching and linocuts and private one to one oil painting lessons. I have a new product range; bags, mirrors, bottle openers, box sets of cards, gift vouchers alongside original solarplate etchings from my new Twittering range. Go to the Cambridge Showcase website for more info. I will also be talking about Cambridge Showcase on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire with Illustrator Amanda Hall on Monday 16 November from 2pm with Jeremy Sallis.

When the light starts to fade the hall comes into it's own so drop in after work with your friends and partners and join us to celebrate the independent makers in Cambridge. Donations for the mulled cider and mince pies this year will be going to the allotment project to the Cambridge Cyrenians who work their magic with the homeless in Cambridge.

I look forward to seeing you all at my last public show of 2015. Many thanks for your continued support, Jo.

Finally I would like to say to one of my favourite cities in the world - #VivaLaParis.

As Cambridge Showcase is fast approaching (23 November) I was asked by the Cambridge News to take part in their weekend 20 questions. Here are my answers that were in the Halloween edition on 31 October 2015. It was a lot of fun completing it!

You will find ten new oil paintings available to purchase at the VK Gallery until Saturday 31 October 2015. The exhibition is all about Autumn and I am exhibiting alongside Nicky Chubb with ceramics by Sarah Went.

The Gallery is situated right by the Bridge in the historic city of St Ives. For directions please go to their website.

I will be at the Gallery from 10am until 12 noon on Saturday 24th October 2015. It will be nice to see you there.

The Beginners class will focus on four very different books along with a matching slipcase in which to store your prototype collection. They are (l to r right) Journal, Quarter, Leporello and Japanese Stab bindings. Each class deals with one book and you leave with the skills, confidence and instructions to repeat the process at home or 'mix and match' to come up with your unique design. This is a great opportunity to learn a new craft which can easily translate to a lifetime of gorgeous notebooks or personalised gifts!

Edel has used my etchings as inspiration for the covers and as a lining for the slipcase. So many practising artists have attended Edel's bookbinding classes in the past year. She hopes this will inspire them further and those wishing to diversify and use their work in new or different ways.

It will be a great way to create something unique and learn a new skill as well as meet new people. The workshops will begin in my studio in Cambridge but I will be available to take classes elsewhere from October 2015.